一种联合估计 Wright 的邻域大小和长期有效种群大小的空间方法。

A spatial approach to jointly estimate Wright's neighborhood size and long-term effective population size.

机构信息

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 481103, USA.

Northern Research Station, United States Forest Service, Rhinelander, WI 54501, USA.

出版信息

Genetics. 2024 Aug 7;227(4). doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae094.

Abstract

Spatially continuous patterns of genetic differentiation, which are common in nature, are often poorly described by existing population genetic theory or methods that assume either panmixia or discrete, clearly definable populations. There is therefore a need for statistical approaches in population genetics that can accommodate continuous geographic structure, and that ideally use georeferenced individuals as the unit of analysis, rather than populations or subpopulations. In addition, researchers are often interested in describing the diversity of a population distributed continuously in space; this diversity is intimately linked to both the dispersal potential and the population density of the organism. A statistical model that leverages information from patterns of isolation by distance to jointly infer parameters that control local demography (such as Wright's neighborhood size), and the long-term effective size (Ne) of a population would be useful. Here, we introduce such a model that uses individual-level pairwise genetic and geographic distances to infer Wright's neighborhood size and long-term Ne. We demonstrate the utility of our model by applying it to complex, forward-time demographic simulations as well as an empirical dataset of the two-form bumblebee (Bombus bifarius). The model performed well on simulated data relative to alternative approaches and produced reasonable empirical results given the natural history of bumblebees. The resulting inferences provide important insights into the population genetic dynamics of spatially structured populations.

摘要

遗传分化的空间连续模式在自然界中很常见,但现有的种群遗传理论或方法往往难以描述,这些理论或方法要么假设完全混合,要么假设离散且可明确界定的种群。因此,种群遗传学需要能够适应连续地理结构的统计方法,并且理想情况下使用具有地理参考的个体作为分析单位,而不是种群或亚群。此外,研究人员通常有兴趣描述在空间中连续分布的种群的多样性;这种多样性与生物的扩散潜力和种群密度密切相关。利用隔离距离模式的信息来共同推断控制局部人口统计学(如 Wright 的邻域大小)和种群长期有效大小 (Ne) 的参数的统计模型将是有用的。在这里,我们引入了这样一个模型,该模型使用个体水平的成对遗传和地理距离来推断 Wright 的邻域大小和长期 Ne。我们通过将其应用于复杂的向前时间人口统计模拟以及二型熊蜂(Bombus bifarius)的实证数据集来证明我们模型的实用性。与替代方法相比,该模型在模拟数据上表现良好,并根据熊蜂的自然历史得出了合理的实证结果。由此得出的推论为具有空间结构的种群的种群遗传动态提供了重要的见解。

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